Fearless Four - Rockin´ it

[justformejesus]

yes yes y'all . these was the jams ivwas in high school .rap today have nothing on this

[BlackSkinnedWarrior]

The 12 muppets who disliked this classic need to be lined up and shot.

[ANGELICVSBELLVM]

aaaah ! This song was amazing! Memories!

[lmaoyo123]

i love these classics

[WatermellonWillie]

RAP WILL COME BACK TO THIS!!!

Everything comes back around again. Another 10 years and the kids will discover this all over again. I can't wait!

[FunWallGraffiti]

Style War!

[d7j28c68]

Check out the Where are they now Remix with Nas, the FF are still spittin fire......

12 people need their ass beat

[MissBrace1]

Hot!!! Classic The beat is still hard!!!! Those where the days!!!!! Before HipHop started cussin you out!

[killahqueenzbboy]

MY SHIT!!!

[SeQuanXcp]

FLASHBACKS FROM LIVIN IT

[cinco6535]

OL' SCHOOL 4 EVA!!! WORD IS BOND

[djcountry1985]

im a call that number

[WatermellonWillie]

@djcountry1985

I did.Its a damn doctors office.

[jexus23]

DUDE! this is SICK AS FUCK! new fave!

[dadweeze1977]

hey mike c thanks to the fearless four hip hop today would not exist thanks

[bamboozledguy]

This is one of the few records I purchased when I was a kid. Too bad you cant this on iTunes.

[ashad1988]

Mane J-Kwon sampled this beat with his song WelcomTo Tha Hood.

[chujekable]

perfectly sampled by dom&roland in tune "get up"

[Tigahkuo]

Camp Lo-Spanish Harlem(Rockin' It)

[AVTRU1]

All tho its a oldie its still a DOPE mix

[roblunt126]

You Guys need to come out with a video for this song and all others that have no video. 25 year anniversary special..

[5Gregallz5]

MC Lyte Cha Cha Cha, Jay-Z Sunshine, 3LW More Than Friends (That's Right), all seem to have sampled this beat :)

[5burowz]

@5Gregallz5

Kwame sampled it too

[bossmike94]

the best

[mssue2011]

i didnt grow up in new york but jams like this made it the place to visit well i vowed to go before i reached the age i am now. this jam brought hip hop to life when it was a passing fad supposedly

[MegaDiva1999]

11 people couldn't rock it.This is good stuff right here.

[1787dude]

this is so fuckin awesome!

[slydegaming]

The Realness of this Music is unbelievable why cant music be like this today??????????

[Niteowl39]

Kick ass old skool!!!!!

[SuperBigdude77]

Truly one the greatest if not greatest hip hop beats of all time

[JuiceJapan]

Society went down the toilet once the devils bought out hiphop.

[royalsteven]

Now this is REAL old school. This beat has been sampled many times.

[phthalocyanine4]

@royalsteven yes, it has been sampled many times, like here. :) because fearless four sampled it as well. the original is from kraftwerk from 1978. the track is called 'die mensch maschine' or 'the man machine'

[royalsteven]

Ofcourse, and maybe Kraftwerk sampled it also. Who knows?!?!?! :D

[miamiwax]

@phthalocyanine4 it's not a sample. they replayed it, there is a difference..

[phthalocyanine4]

@miamiwax you're right.

[BKHipHopLuva718]

now this is dat shytt! ONE LOVE FOR REAL HIP HOP!

[sekhmetbastet]

This is Hip Hop. Today's shit is Rap. Like The Teacher KRS ONE says - Rap is something you Do, Hip Hop is something you Live. This is how we were Living back in the day!!!!

[djdrewbreeze]

This beat was way ahead of it's time! I'm glad to still have 2 copies.

[MrFloydcampbell]

real shit

[myaangelo1]

They used to rock this song at the Rooftop in harlem and the PAL jams. Those were the days.

[yvonneandujar]

This song was badass. I remember being 16, in the Bronx, chillin' at Skate Key. Old school hip hop... Nothing can compare.

[specialtracy06]

HEY YALL....THIS IS THE MIGHTY MIKEC OF THE FEARLESS 4.....NO...WE DID NOT SAMPLE ANYTHING....WE SIMPLY LISTEN TO A TRACK FROM KRAFTWORK.....AND TOLD PUMKIN WHAT TO PLAY.....THERE WAS NO SAMPLING BACK THEN.....JAYZ & MC LYTE....SAMPLED OUR TRACK.......(FOOD FOR THOUGHT).....MIKEC!!!

[spyguybuy]

@specialtracy06

SO YOU COVER THE KRAFTWERK SONG?

[everywheredave]

@spyguybuy no, if you read what he says they told there producer what they wanted it to sound like (the kraftwork song) and made a similar beat. Sampleing or covering is just puting an existing track on loop...... long live true school hip hop!!!!

[spyguybuy]

@everywheredave

no.a cover is what he say.

you play a melodie from another band by your self.thats a cover.a sample is,when you take a piece of a song and loop it.

i listen to rap music from 1987 now.

or wait,let me say it like that.

i am a part of the hip hop culture from 1987 now.breakdance,graffiti,music,­friendship.

[FOTSOproductions]

@spyguybuy Technically, if you replay part of a melody from an existing song (without replaying that existing song in full) in order to create a new song based off of that melody, that's called "interpolation". But no matter what it's called it's fly as shit.

[happystudio1]

@specialtracy06 maaaaaannnnn prove it

[taylor4660]

@specialtracy06 dope...respect, mike c!

[bronxchica777]

@specialtracy06 GOD BLESS DA FEARLESS 4, REAL HIP HOP, NUN OF DAT DIGITAL/COMPUTER CRAP. I WANNA PUT ON A SHEEPSKIN LISTENING TO THIS, LOL

[honeytos28]

They're like the beetles of hip-hop

[MADDOG6400]

When Hip-Hop was just fun and enjoyable.

Now, it's just dead.

[redcreem]

The best TRACK they ever did was ''STRAIGHT TO THE POINT '', If anybody kmows where i can get a copy of the 12 inch, get in touch at  adrianjbsn@yahoo.co.uk. thanks, will pay good money.

[AsiaticDisciple]

These Lyrics cannot even be contested in this day and time! We were the Gods and we represented Real Rap, Real Hip Hop, and Real Soul Vibes. This is a people and it's not about money, its Soul Culture! Remember That!

[DjDedan]

"they're here" poltergeist! true classic right here.

[THEMETEAM9]

OMG... WHat this was like 81 or 82 ? .... This is like foundation Hip-Hop here... Thankx YOUTUBE for providing the forum.

[chefbaby8879]

I heard Tito on the Nas song "Where Are They Now" & he sounds like he can still go blow for blow on the mic. Good stuff my friend.

[kennyfame]

that was my shit. I won a dance contest to this I was smurfing it out....

[Shaolin325]

let the bells jing-a-ling and let the champagne pop!

[MechSmk31]

Sorry to burst your bubble michel5891 but Jay Z DID NOT bite this this! He gave credit the the Fearless Four by saying that he SAMPLED this! The is a difference between sampling and biting!

[chrisrap4ever]

the man machine!nice sample

[myaangelo1]

Takes me back to the skating rings, this was the jam.

[michel5891]

Jay Z also bit this as well. Well he's a known Biter!

[LSDvideosystem]

Sounds like Kraftwerk.

[KILLAZXP300]

@LSDvideosystem the track samples kraftwerk ....its called man machine....check dick almighty by the 2 live crew also...tune.....

[lumbia33]

@LSDvideosystem it's because it is. it's just 'man-machine', flipped, with some percussion added. both tracks were the jam when they came out!!! new york was certainly rockin' these tracks.

[SMC799]

I was an 11 year old little girl, living in Bronx, NY and this song was BIG! Wouldn't changed growing up in NY during these years for nothing!

[Gunnercv]

funky fresh

[gamehead100]

Sick Ass Beat

[123lookemeup]

Got this on playlist.com I remember this song at house parties in my neighborhood. I'm so glad growing up in this era, that's when kids, teens were the real deal. :-)

[papadoc2k4]

THEY'RE HEERE1! classic!

[73dodge]

God i miss my childhood growing up in the bronx during this era. The graffiti, the smell of the trains, the abandoned buildings. Yes, i know it's strange, but that was MY childhood.

[CRYSTALLTAY]

@73dodge no its not strange. this harlem chic misses going to the project jams and hearing this everybody would lose their minds. unpaved harlem was great.

[Simthug10701]

@73dodge WORD..... growing up on 163rd and Third........ I would LOVE to go back and relive it...

[JAYJAY112565]

@73dodge 766 fox st btwn longwood and 156//////////the prospect/the art/the dover/the RKO

[ghostriderx916]

@73dodge WORD!

[fgjfdgjf]

@73dodge Actually these guys where from harlem if i'm not mistaking.

[alexknip]

main riff & bassline taken from "The Man-Machine" (Kraftwerk) 1978

[notorioustia]

Remember ProPlayers and Lotto sneakers?

[GoTransit]

@notorioustia Lotto Sneakers - flashback for me - White with the Blue Lotto sign

[chabi3000]

KRAFTWERK BITCHEZ !

[eeycs]

This brings back great times with Brown from Leaders of the New School!!! Nuff Said!!!

[TheCycadsAreAudible]

Nice Kraftwerk style electro hop

[guitar16]

yo! FUCK NEWSCHOOL! i strictly spin the oldschool...thats where the soul is! the origins! the fathers and pioneers! the OG rockers! pay your respects kiddies cuz your ears are in the midst of the godfathers of true hip hop...street justice!

[Germz760]

man..this beat is straight sick with it! :)

[groovass65]

SOMEONE CALL THE NUMBER ON THE POSTER.

[peteardable]

@groovass65 The number on the poster is a doctors office now.

[raineymystical1]

I'M ALWAYS ROCKIN IT U HEERRD ME

[t2t3456]

If you did not move to this, you were not ALIVE....WOW...THIS WAS THE SHIT....STILL IS...

[XxFourTwentyxX]

Shit.. I missed out on real hip hop :( I love dancing to this beat!!!

[crazycutz]

one of the true original hip hop flavoured tracks - incorperates the spirit of the music and culture - honest rap with no crap. should have been up there with other party tracks like sugarhill gangs "rappers delight"

[MARCLAR187]

yes yes im rockin it

[godreefa]

rock'n it forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dragon652]

I got to see them at Bonds International Casino, NYC, maybe '83.

[junior3981]

the hell with rap of today, this was it, the def shit, dope shit,

[maccagrabme]

Man machine- Kraftwerk

[az30513]

This song appears in the movie Style Wars

[millfordsange]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I have this record in a crate in the garage.

[LaCriollaRoja]

Rest in Peace Mr. Bobby Robinson

[ramsesziz]

One of the sickest beats EVER.

[taylor4660]

@ramsesziz Kraftwerk Man Machine

[DJRckwl]

@ramsesziz Not as sick as Jazzy Sensation (Bronx version)...THAT'S one of THE best ever.

[jcmoss33]

Thanks. Peace and GOD BLESS

[BronxisNr1]

R.I.P Bobby Robinson

[ErickB1971]

9 people dont know sh!t

[insanelook]

Selling my whole collection of rare old school hip hop and funk, mainly original vinyls from the 70's and 80's. List sent by requested Pm.

[dlemma74]

Makes me want to bomb the yards

[shadowdraqon]

The beat reminds me of one of 3LW's songs

[LortheBlair]

Check out my FACEBOOK page "I Survived the South Bronx in the '70s& '80s"!

[fgjfdgjf]

@LortheBlair I survived Greenwich, ct in the 90's & 2000's

[PurpleTyrant777]

@fgjfdgjf Peace from Port Chester!!!!

[spinradiofm]

Yeah ha ha ha !!! We are back again!

[johnnydajay]

PURE DOPE!

[olds98123]

Oh Yes !!! The Fearless 4 !!!

[kingofsneakers10]

ROCKIN IT.......ROCK-IN IT!!!!!!!

[ultimatechorus]

I love this song, I remember seeing these guys at the West Indian Club in Hartford, CT back in 1982 they killed it. This was back when Blacks and Puerto Ricans used to be in the same rap groups

[teddybomber2]

yeah negga



[insanelook]

Got tons of original old school joints from the early 80's for sale, hit me if interested.I also have this for sale.

[ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA]

now this is fuckin hip hop yo

[8fms]

ha haaaaaaa!!!! i used to hear this song from my brother's room all the time! i might not be from that generation but i definitely got a grand taste of it growing up to it from my siblings. listen to them actually enjoy doing what they do. they didn't have a lot of material those days. that's what kept them focused on doing what they do best. providing the true call of hip hop!

[tsikanadobo]

Amazing how much Kraftwerk paved the way for so many hip-hop classics. And kings like The Treacherous Three and The Soulsonic Force really did something good and original with their clips, too. This for example. Rocks.

I miss the old days.

[spyguybuy]

hate it or love it.but kraftwerk (and other krautrock bands) are the fathers of rap or hip hop music.

cool beats,electro sounds and more speaking as singing.

all the old school rappers like africa bambaataa, fearless four etc.sample kraftwerk songs up and down.

kraftwerk build the first electro drums ever on earth.

[meechamaka411]

@spyguybuy I'm definitely not buy'n this...the Fathers of Hip Hop are those great men who had the vision to take pieces of this, 'n scraps of that, 'n improvished when their was a need for a serious change to come. Kraftwerk, 'n other groups of that genre, 'n all other genres were the instruments that we used to get the point across that we need to get across, 'n THEIR EFFORTS WERE/ARE VERY WELL APPRECIATED!!! Trust me, Kraftwerk got their influence from elsewhere as well.

[spyguybuy]

@meechamaka411:

kraftwerk got their influence from "tangerine dream".

but there was no electronic beats before kraftwerk.they build the first electro drums on earth by them self.

dont get me wrong.i listen to rap from the 80's on now.but the real first "BEATS" and music in rap style come from kraftwerk.

[Bexly]

Back in the day when girls werent scared to fuck they wig up on tha floor!

[SapphireDiamond19]

OMG THIS IS AWESOME! :D

[VonSchlerrgenberger]

these younger cats are very angry this day and age. trying to be harder than supermans kneecap.

[primomysterio]

*wasn't '81 --it was winter '82-83

[primomysterio]

true classic hip hop --havent heard anything this good since...

[omnigifted]

Please do not insult These HiP HoP Pioneers, by mentioning anyone who sampled or used this song. This is a Straight Classic.. Somethings just need to be left alone, like this classic! I listened to kraftwerks original cut, and The FF did their thing! This production was Genius for 1981... True School Hop Hop Forever!!

[taylor4660]

@omnigifted dope is dope

[abernam]

Cha, Cha, Cha!

[blodachia]

They ganked this beat from Kraftwerk "Man Machine" later on Jay-Z sampled this for his song "Sunshine".

[taylor4660]

@blodachia MC Lyte used this for Cha-Cha in 89 as well..thats how 30s something cats heard it...

[TheTeenageMuffin]

beat is so nice, just makes me wanna cry. im dead up. lol

[DHeathen1]

This is real hip hop not rap hop...

[newyorkcite]

@DHeathen1 you mean hip POP not rap hop

[THECLARENCES]

Totally tubular to the max!

xoxo

The Clarences

[171TITO]

classic...cause my name in it LOLOLOL.

[d7j28c68]

Classic material. I used to kick this on my boom box on the way to school. This would have me right in the mornings before school!!!

[TheSipe2]

WERE ALL RACKIN IT YOU SHOULD BE RACKIN IT(PAINT)

[rube217er]

@TheSipe2 ahhh hells yeah rack that shit..and smash......

[rokinuplate]

@TheSipe2 Haha funny shieet mate

[maccagrabme]

What is it about a tune like this that makes it magical? If you listen its just a drum machine and one synth riff and a rhythmical rap. What makes it better than modern rap? Is it because modern day rap is all about money and violence? Lyrics aside, does modern rap have better musical production that this?

[jedimind24]

@maccagrabme honestly i have to say the old school production is pretty dope, they had limited technology and they had to be intuitive and inventive. idk what producers are doing today they have more tech than they know what to do with but all the songs i hear sound like they where made on a 15$ casio keyboard.

[maccagrabme]

@jedimind24 Yes agreed and the odd thing is that we are constantly being told that people today have a much higher level of education and are more 'intelligent' which goes against pretty much everything I see and hear around me, including tv, literature, media, movies, technological breakthrough and science. I see no evidence that people are brighter today.

[jedimind24]

@maccagrabme i know, its aweful. society seems to be circling the drain, instead of making progress it seems everything has been dumbed down, honestly my opinion is that the government wants it that way. they dont want an educated public capable of critical thinking. they want people just smart enough to operate the machines and fill out papers ect but dumb enough to put up with longer ours, increasingly worse pay and benefit cuts.

[jedimind24]

@maccagrabme honestly i have to say the old school production is pretty dope, they had limited technology and they had to be intuitive and inventive. idk what producers are doing today they have more tech than they know what to do with but all the songs i hear sound like they where made on a 15$ casio keyboard.

[OddBulgarian]

one of the best hip-hop tracks of all time

[pimpdaddyhecht]

Huh? JayZ`s Sunshine was a Covertrack?

[77Andee77]

@pimpdaddyhecht the orgi is from kraftwerk than fearless4 than jay z^^

[MrSIXXX7]

***MISS THE OLD SCHOOL****

[Daldra]

yo its crazy how i was just telling a friend how i use to hang with these guys and when they filmed they video problems of the world today in old b'way and around the hood. tito mike cee dlb peso crazy eddie master oc . WOW SERIOUS FLASHBACK..................DJ MASTER D AKA BUDDA DAVE ORIGINAL 125 4life

[LLJtbone]

Wow, totally old school. 1981 jesus, time sure does fly. 

[happystudio1]

sirchimpneck...not completely the same as kraftwerk but probably inspired by kraftwerk...:)

[NEMLOVE]

classic!!!

[ronenb001]

What other song recently had this beat/rhythm ?

[casas333]

@ronenb001 jay z had a song with this beat.. cant remember the name of the song tho

[Balthazar121]

@casas333 jay-z - sunshine with foxy brown

[KRnumba9]

@casas333 sunshine ft. foxy brown, babyface

[Cobramountain92]

@ronenb001 MC Lyte Cha Cha Cha

[Mr1700]

@SIRCHIMPNECK

[masoojz]

This is when rap started to get it props.Rap songs were out long before this cut.In fact the rappers you here in this genre listened to rap when they were just little bitty babies.Rap started in the mid to late 70s.Crooklyn started it,but the boogie down Bronx took over with it!!!TheBoogie Down Bronx got their props in the early 80ies.They kicded everybodies ass when when Mr,Magic got a spot on WBLS!I'm just saying-Mr.Magic and D.J.Red alert!!!!OMG!Ill stuff.I miss N.Y.C.!

[MegaChrislong]

This is the bomb-this is hip hop, rap, or whatever you wanna call it. This song is the essence of the hip hop culture. I would be so hype if i heard this song in a club-they might put me out cause ima hip hop head for real. Jigga sampled this. This song is super hot-i wish these days and songs could come back-the hip hop of 2010 sucks compared to this song.